The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 30, 1920, Image 6
[ C&ofcs&g -By Republi
can Coininittee
CARRIED OUT
m Resolution "Endors
S^bii?otf aad Volstead
m
jago, Jnne ^5.r-Tbe following
letter to the. Resolutions. Com
of ? the recent Republican
^b'ak :beea given to the
VergieG: Jffihshaw. chair
ot t*re, P^ohi^tioa ? National
ttriittee; H-i accuses the committee
ifcie dealing and deception in
to the Prohibition issue.
ien: i
: wil2 recall that organizations
before- your Commit tee repre- j
J between 25 and 30 millions of
ican citiaens arging the adoption
?pl?ab endorsing the Eighteenth
sdmeiit as interpreted by tha.;
Act or some measure equally
*ve.
t?n inet and considered the mat
according to the testimony of U.
ttor Reed Smoct and William
White, and according to both
^Smoot and >tr. White, you in
as a part of the platform a"
of the Volstead Act as an
evement of she Republican^
Congress, which amounted td
?samel;as an endorsement of said
:>rdin~ to Mr. Smoot ]you
. another resolution - 'strength
your stand with reference to
thteesfth ? Amendment These
is were not transmitted to
1 Convention M the Colis
thex^y^ereynot read before said
srentionv - Mr. Watson; will
% as chairman of the Res
Committee, please explain;
the same were < lost in trans
and what is the effect of the
:? Certain Republican
'over the country admit the
as. above stated but are endeavor
; to make it appear before the
;?0^try. that said . Resolutions are
pertheless a part of the Republican -
form. Will you> please state
&r or not the}*.are and also!|
it the exact wording for publi
;^V*e have piled upon our desk reso
of local organizations from all
of -the-' United States including
?#emen's cl ubs, granges,- lodges, com
i^^rcial c ubs, labor unions,. etc.?
^-1Pej?esenting hundreds of thousands
^p^people, a copy of which have been
^l(|a? to U. S. Senator Sheppard for
Democratic Party and U. S. Sena
B?&*r^ Capper for the Republican
'VParty. These resolutions.which have
^.-fe*^. ;'passed in the past three weeks
>::-^j?!esejit the cream of our land and
?^re^'-a?;follow5: '
^^Kp& It resolved that we hei-eby
Wtetitiorize our names to be used at
f?|each. and ev#ry political; convention
*.o be hekf in 1920 notifying the lead
^ ^erslcf all parties that we will support
,is?ch parties as specifically endorse
fey platform declaration the 18th
X-^aendment as interpreted by the Vol
Act or some measure equally
;|^e^ive and nominate candidates
';3ffia^uivocably committed to its en
forcement" [
can we say to these peo
Can we tell " them that
Republican Party will stand
the Volstead Act or some measure
^MEualry effective? Can we- tell them
^hat it will turn a deaf ear to the
pleadings of beer and wine men who
?ai% asking for the passage of laws
with more liberal interpretation?
The regular quadrennial Convention
of the Prohibition Party meets July
?21st Lincoln, Nebraska. We want!
i?know in advance what is the atti
tude of the Republican Party. There
are hundreds of thousands outside of
the Proinbition Party ranks as eviden- }
;?ed by resolutions already passed'
who will not support any party this
Vyear that is not committed to the en
. forcement and maintnance of the
law as it now stands upon the Federal
Statute Books. Please understand the
'maintenance" as Well as "en
:ement". It is not enough to en
force at this time. The Volstead Act
or some measure equally effective
must be maintained. The Republican
Party^ must speak upon the subjeC of
law with no uncertain voice.
Awaiting answer, we are
Yours sincerely,
"* Prohibition National Committee
By Virgil G. Hinshaw, Chairman
Tennessee Considers
y Suffrage
Meets in August to Vote on Rat
ification of Woman Suffrage
Amendment
Nashville, June 28.-VTbe Tennes
see legislature will be called to con
vene in a special session^, on August
9th tor a consideration of the ratifica
tion of the federal suffrage amend
ment, announced Go v. Robert's office
today.
Quiet Restored
inAnconaj
Anarchists Cause Riots and}
Many Are Killed
Rome* June 28.?Quiet has been
restored by troops in Ancona. The
r'fot was caused by anarchists, who
have been causing distrabances in the
suburbs. One hundred arrests have
been made and three anarchists have [
been killed.
I
Missouri, Georgia and Oregon
[' Contests Excite Interest
PROSIBITION MAY
BE IGNORED
?
Rumored That McAdoo Will
Not Be Nominated Until
I Deadlock Appears Certain.
San Francisco, June 25.'?The Na
tional Committee meets today to draw
up the temporary* roll of the dele
gates for. the convention. Three con
tests are expected but that involving
the efforts to give Senator Reed, of
Missouri a ?eat -with, th-e delegation
from that State promised to excite
more than routine interest. Only one
contest and that from Georgia has
been officially filed with the commit
tee. The Georgia contest is expect-'
-ed by the leader*?o be settled in fav
or of the delegates friendly to the
Palmer nomination, .such a decision:
carrying ,with it the confirmation of j
Clark Hoivell as national committee
?man from Georgia. The contest from
Oregon is not regarded as serious and.
might not materialize at all. * The
mysterious boom for the nomination of
McAdoo arid the conflict over the
prohibition enforcement plank is ap
proaching more definite shape. Mc
Adoo adherents are said today to be.
shaping their plans to withhold his
name from the halloting throughout
the early stages and wait until" the ex
pected Deadlock between Palmer and
?:Cox develops. On the prohibition en
forcement question there has devel
oped a sudden movement to ignore it
entirely in the platform.
Labor Officials in j
Chicago
Will Confer As To Steps Neces
sary to Halt Unauthorized
Strikes
? Chicago, June 25-?Officials of rec
ognized Tailroad unions met here to
day in an effort to keep their mfen in
line and to put a halt to the unauth- j
orized strikes which have been pre-j
valent lately.
Newberry Case To
Supreme Courtj
j^iH of Exceptions Approved byj
Federal Judge and Case Goes
Up
j Grand Rapids, June 25?The bill of]
exceptions and assignment of error j
filed for Senator Newberry and sixteen
others convicted of corruption in the
recent Senatorial election was today
approved by the Federal Judge o?
Sessions and the case will go to the
United States Supreme Court soon as
the printing of the bill is completed.
Turks Refuse to
Sign Treaty
Must Have Reservations on Ter
ritory Before They Will
Accept Peace
Constantinople; June 25.?The Tur
kish peace delegation has been in
structed to refuse to sign any peace
treaty which, deprives Turkey of the
Smyrna districts, ?drianople or East
ern Thrace, according to an announce
ment made here today.
London, June 25?Snipers were
busy in Londonderry during the night,
according to a. central' news dispatch.
Government troops fired on the riot
ers several times and also dispersed
looters.
Sumter Defeats TurbcvjUe.
In a very poor game of ball, Sum
ter defeated Turbeville Friday at the
Fair grounds, the final scoz-e being
16 to 1. The local team got strted
in the first inning, rapping on Coker
for many hits and running in 6. scores.
The next two innings were of the
same Order and some were thinking
of sendinf down town for an adding
machine, but Turbeville finally tight
ened up and kept the event in the
classification of a ball game, not a
track meet/ - . ;. .
Williams; a new man from Manning
who pitched for Sumter, did well in
the box, making the Turbevilleites*
swing like ?- rusty gate at his offer
ings. Williams has control, speed and
curves, ami he hits too, and if he
goes as well as he did Friday Sumter
will have a good man to depend on.
Hardeman, the little short stop who
played his first game, for Sumter, got
off with a rush, and the fans seem to
like his style of playing.
The local team has been greatly
strengthened by the addition of Hew
itt, also, and their is every indica
tion that the score of the game with
Darlington next week will be a little
different from the first one.
Rocking Chair
For Prisoner
Guards Donate Money to Make
Woman Prisoner Comfortable
Cjssining, June 26.?A rocking chair
mad* its appearance in Singling pris
on fojr the first time in the memory
of taewdesi guard. Guards contribu
ted theichair to Hattic Dixon, the only
woman Theld for execution in many
years whan it was learned she was
unable to \&t on a prison stool.
Permanent Home of 5
The Hague Selected as Place of
the Tribtinal by Special
Commission
? ,
The Hague?Assd. June 25.?A
Commission of Jurists in session here
for the formation of a permanent
Court of International Justice as provi
ded for by the League of Nation's
covenant has decided that the court
snould be located at the Hague.
Hitchcock Doesn't
Want Vice-Presidency
Telegraphs Committemen at San
Francisco That His Name
e Must Not Be Mentioned
Washington, June. 25.?Benedict
Crowell, assistant secretary of War,
has resigned from his office, the res
ignation to be effective July first. His
resignation has been accepted and
[President Wilson is expected to ap
point his successor soon. Crowell will
j enter private busine?^.
Crowell Resigns
As Secretary
President Accepts Resignation,
Will Enter Private Business
Washington, June 25.?Senator
Hitchcock announced today that he
would not accept the democratic vice
presidential nomination. The an
nouncement was made in a teiegram
to the Nebraska National committee
man answering a letter in which it
was said that Hitchcock was being
promientiy mentioned for the vice
presidency.
SOFTER APPOINTMENTS.
ft j
Conuuis?ner of Elections and Super
visors of Registratiou
Columbia, June 25.?-Governor
Cooper today announced the appoint
ment of John .B. Duffie, ov Sumter. as
commissioner . of state and county
elections, to suceed A. S. Harby, who
recently resigned.
As supervisor of registration for
Sumter county the governor named
T. DXDuBose, Sr., J. M. N. Wilder and
James. M. Reames.
LETTOR FROM MR. DABBS .
' Tryon,' N. C, June 25.?Last week
I went, down to Sumter. For several
days we had been complaining of the
heat but we did not know what hot
?weather was until we reached Spartan
burg. Drove to Spartanburg, 30 miles,
in about 1 1-2 hours. I doubt if it
took 'much more gas than the 12
miles from Sumter to my son's home
and I know it was more tiresome on
the 12 miles than the 30 in the morn
ing.
But the heat! It was worse on each
stop all the way to Columbia and each
station- seemed to be- in ? a hollow
where the atmosphere was like an
oven? Crowded? Well it seemed
that everybody, his aunts, cousins,
brothers-in-law grand-parents and
grand-children had started some
where that hot Tuesday morning. I
thought we would melt in the train be
fore leaving Columbia. About Cane
Savannah it began to rain a fine' rain
about Green Swamp, so that Sumter
was the coolest place from the mount
ains down.
The road meeting was what Mr.
Davis Moise called it, "Fine." It is ai
good sign when 200 citizens and tax
payers meet to discuss the issues of
the day. The Chamber of Commerce
deserves the support of more of our
people for the good work it is doing
toward the bringing about a better
understanding among the people and
of public questions.
Everything that the conservative
element of the meeting asked for was
done, no more money on the
Bridge project except what is raised
by private subscription and the build
ing forthwith of the Turbeville and
Bethel short-cuts, the resolutions off
ered by me and ammended by Judge
Purdy were more liberal than the
Jennings resolutions but the other
side could not see.it that way and our
side has no kick coming if the County
Board will carry out the Jennings re
solution. A letter from the Clerk of
the Board indicates that the Turbeville
road will be built * right' after the
Turbeville picnic on July 7th. I
presume that the Bethel road will be
?built right away.
If there should be any unnecessary
delay in the building of these two
roads, from what T could learn, the
fight will have just begun. But after
the thorough discussion of the matter
on the evening of July 8th and the
almost unanimous concurrence in the
Jennings Resolution. I have no fear
Of the results. Those roads will be
built and the county system of roads
will be perfected before any more
county' money is put in the Wateree
swamp. And finally it wilt be a State
and National bridge and causeway, as
it should be.
Compared with the crops up here
xvhere the cotton is just chopped out,!
Sumter and Richland crops look fine,
but are the smallest I can recall in i
many years. "<
Coming back Saturday we ran into
a bi^ rain at Eastover. About Alston
it turned so cool f could not sit by the
open window. When I got to Tryon I
found a fire confortable. We had 4S
hours with the temperature below 60."
AH day rain Sunday and threatening
rain today. Still very cooj.
E. W DABBS.
Londonderry, June 25.?The City is
today approaching normal conditions.
Many business houses a're open and
the people are venturing into the
streets. The food supply is short and
the town is without gas. The fighting
since midnight has been confined to
sniping. /
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Population of
Amer^
Continental United States Esti
mated to Have One Hundred
and Five Million
Washington, June 25.?The popula
tion of Continental United States is
estimated at 105,000,000 by Chief
Statistican Hill of the Census Bureau,
basing his calculation on the combined
population of 1400 Cities and towns. It
is announced that the increase over
1910 is placed at about 13,000,000
showing that the growth of the coun
try has not kept pace with previous
decade.
Greeks Advance
Northward
Are Marching Against Turkish
Force in Asia Minor
Smyrna. June 25.?Creeks who be
gan an offensive Monday against the
Turkish .Nationalist force are continu
ing to advance Northward in Asia
Minor the Greek Army headquarters j
announced today.
_ j
German Cabinet
Completed
New Ministers To Take Office
at Once
Berlin, June 25.-^-The German
I Chancellor, Constantine Feherenbach,
j has completed the formation of the
j new cabinet, to succeed the one dis
solved last week.
Demand a Square Deal
Commercial Bodies Protest
Against Railroad Discrimina
tion Against Southwest
Columbia, S. C. June 24.?-Steps
were taken at a meeting of representa
tives of Chambers of Commerce in the
towns of the central part of the State,
in conference in Columbia Wednesday
aftera x>n, looking to the waging of a
strenuous fight against railroad freight
rate discrimination against the
Southeast. Twenty-nine "towns were
represented h< the meeting here to
da: , and a committee was appointed
to meet with a general committee,
representing all sections of the State,
for the purpose'of outling a permanent
organization of South' Carolina Traffic
association. This organization will
fight for maintenance of. the present
low export rates through South Atlan
tic ports: will work for better rates on
imports through the Southeast and
will' strive to eliminate the present
discrimination against the Southeast
in the matter of re.:es to and from
the middle-west.
Matthew Hale, chairman of the
South Atlantic State Association, at
tended the meeting. B. R. Cooner, of
Columbia, is chairman of the
temporary' committee. Mr. Hale at
tended a similar conference of re
presentatives of 25 Piedmont cities
and towns Tuesday, and a commit
tee for that section is headed, by D. C.
Durham, of Greenville. At an early
date a similar conference will be held
at Charleston and a similar commit
tee, named for the coastal^ section.
I These three committees will meet
together tu perfect the organization of
the traffic association for the State. .
The State traffic association will
elect a committee of five to serve on
the traffic committee of the South
Atlantic States Association. Florida, as
well as North Carolina, South Caro
lina and Georgia, will take similar
action. The meeting Wednesday was
held at the Columbia Chamber of
Commerce rooms.
Onions Drug On
Market
Potatoes Are Scarce and Selling
High
Washington i June 26.?Onions
have become a drug on the market
for the first time in many years, the
department of agriculture announced
today. Potatoes however, are two and
three times as high as they were a
year ago and are compartively scarce.;
^?! Silage
Wires Ncrth 'Carolina 1^
Jfceminding Them of the Im
portance of Amendment
Washington, June 25.?President
Wilson has sent a message to Governor
Bickett and Senators Simmons1 and
Overman of North Carolina, suggesting
that he need not point out to them
the critical importance of the action
of the North Carolina Legislature on
the Federal Suffrage amendment
when the Assembly meets at a special
session next month.
Socialists Go To Mexico
Establish Branch to Circulate
Propaganda in the Two
Americas
Washington, June 25.?The estab
lishment Of a Latin American Branch,
of the third International SociaJjSt
party of Moscow at Mexico City to,
spread Bolshevik propaganda in;
North and South America is reported
! by the newspaper Excelsior of Mexi
[co City. Copies of this paper have
j been received by State Department,
i
j Knights of Columbus
Have No Claim
-:
! Say That They Will Not Ask For
Compensation for Occupation
in Germany
???? j
New York, June 26.?The Knights 1
Iof Columbus have announced that it
i will enter no claims against Germany
for expenses while with the American
army ol occupation as the money was
supplied by American, public and it
would "3e impossible to adjust the
claim. ^ ? ^
Strike in Maryland
-
j Embargo is Placed on Southern
Shipments
Baltimore, June 26.?The Western
Maryland railroad has placed an em
Jbargo on freight owing to the strike
j of switchmen at Hagerstown and
i Baltimore. This embargo affects
i Southern shipments very greatly. /
j Bryan Hits Prof iteers
i Proposes Plank at Convention
Calling for State Commissions
San Francisco, June 28.?State
commissions similar to the federal
trade commission to prevent all prof
iteering was the feature of a plank on
* profiteering proposed today by Bryan.
! JURY LIST.
j | _
The Court of General Sessions will
(convene Monday, July 12. The fol
j lowing is the list of jurors drawn for
ithe first week:
j C. A. McGrath, Sumter.
/ R. H. Witherspoon, Sumter.
Sam Newman, Sumter, R. I.
j E. H. Moses, Sumter.
R. H. Ramsey, Wedgefild.
H. J. Lawrence, Sumter.
H. Bethea Hodge, Tindal.
H. W. Sholar, Sumter.
J. E. Geddings, Tindal.
- S. J. L?ngster, Jr., Sumter, R. 4.
G. W. Costin, Sumter.
J. C. Rogers, Sumter, R. 2.
J. J. Thompson, Sumter, R F. D,
J. M. Oxendine: Dalzell, R. .1.
HyA. Raffield, Sumter, R. 1.
A. C. Kolb, Sumter, R. 2.
A. H. Sanders, Hagood
C. L. Stubbs, Sumter.
M. E. Capell, Sumter, R. 5.
W. F. Baker, Sumter, R. 3.
V. M. Ramsey, Sumter.
A T. Pringle, Mayesvil e, Route 1.
W. J Lawrence, Jr., Su-nter, R. 1.
J. K. McLeod, Rembert..
A va Stuckey, DaVzell, R. 1. .
A. C. Moore, .Oswego.
C. E. Owens. Sumter.
T. S. Weldon, Dalzell, R 2.
G. W. Dixton, Sumter. ^
L R. Jennings, Sumter. \
C. A. Murphy. Sumter. V
H. D. Rembert, Oswego, R. 1. !:
H. W. Cuttino, Sumter.
Ernest Benenhaley, Sumter.
S A. Turner, Sumter, R. 2. *
P. J. Gallagher, Sumter.
Candidates For Stale
May Abandon State Wide
Speaking Tour f
Columbia, June 25.?The Statev.1^
political campaign, of candidates for
state offices, will likely be abandoned
after this week. One of the promin
ent candidates stated at Lexington;
Wednesday, where,, the. aspirants for
office adressed a gathering of voters;
that when the campaign party reaches
Edgefield a meeting is to be heldfor -
the purpose of discussing the propo- \
sal to abandon the campaign. The
party is in. Edgefield Friday; and
there is strong probability that the?
itinerary will be forsaken. . h
The reason is that there is practi
cally no interest in the campaign. The
first meeting was held in Columbia
and seventy-five men heard the candi- ;
dates speak, of which number a large/ :'
part was of state officials ahd at
taches of State offices." TJie -
second meeting ' was at' Lexington
Wednesday and there was - a mere
handful of voters out to hear, the
speakers. The party- is at Saluda
Thursday, and early advices ..from;
Saluda state that only a small audt
ence was gathered to hear the candi
dates
The candidate, a member of the* *
party, who stated that the campaign
would probably be abandoned stated
Ithat many of the candidates were- of
the opinion that it was useless for'
them to spend hundreds of dollar^
trotting over the state to speak to a
handful of voters in each; county, .
when as much could be accomplished
in less expensive ways. It is under
stood in Columbia that , many of the
candidates in the party are in favor
of discontinuing the jaunt.
There are only three offices for
which there is any contest, and there
is little interest in these. These are
Lieutenant Governor,. Adjutant Gener
al, and Railroad Commissioner. Octa
vus Cohen, Wilson G. Harvey, of
Charleston, and O. K. Mauldln, of
Greenville, are seeking the office' of
lieutenant governor; A. H. Marchant,
of Orangeburg, and W. W. Moore, of
Columbia, are candidates' for adju
tant general, and Frank Shealy,
Lexington. R. L. Moss, Colunibia D.
W. McCaskill, Camden, and D; L.
Smith, Columbia, are seeking '.the
position oh the railroad commistsion.
Adjutant General Moore is chair
man of the campaign" party n.hd ?
h. Marchant, his opponent, is vice
chairman and secretarry. ,
COTTON LETTER
-:? . >' '
(John F. Clark & Co.} j
New York, June 28.?The only fea
ture in cotton today was the strength
in July which gained 40 points on
October. This was due to shorts cov
ering because of a story^ going - the '
rounds that some Carolina, people
, were long 25,p00 or more bales and:^
would demand} the cotton.<J[f^ttis-3s
true there is a chance for ? a*dssiBE?*
squeeze in the spot month as there
would seem little chance for shorts to
get that much tenderable cotton here
by the time the option expires. 'New
crop months were firmer in sympathy
with July. The map .was favorable. ?
Clement Curtis made the conditio!? vv
? 70.6, with a 2 per cent, decrease in
acreage and the Southern Products -
?Co. figure was 71.1. The marBpt has
probably seen its low for a while.
NEW YORK COTTON 'A
Month Open High Low Close Close
July . .36.20 3.7.70 36.10 S7.60 36.20
Ocst. . .'33.25 33.57 32.95 33.54 33.03 >
Dec. . .31.96 32.37 3K79 32.37
Jan. . .31.30. 31.75 31.15 31.73 31.25
Mch. . .30.85 31.20 30.65 31.2* ?0.80
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
T/stTdy's
Month Open High Low Close ?lbse
July . .36.22 37.05 36.22 37.05^?$?
Oct. ." .32.8S 33.31 32.75 33.29 35.71
Dec. . .31.70 32.18 31.75 32.18, f&fc
Jan. . .31.22 31.07.30.57 31.05 3>.50
Mch. . .30.70 31.07 30.38'3L(f? |^i?;V
* -
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
Close: Jan. 21.00, Mch. 20.78, Julys;
23.97, Aug. 23.57, Sejt, 22.98, Oct.
22.56, Nov. 21.94, Dec 21.36.
Philadelphia, Penn., June 2?.?
There was a general improvement to
day in the trainmen's strike situation,
according to a Pennsylvania railroad *
LUMBER
1 _1 Brick, m9 Locks, v.
Lumber^, BulMingSV Hardware
Flooring, J f Brick, -j-^ ., v# Locks,
Ceiling,
Siding,
Casing, Plaster, w Grates,
Mouldings, Fire Brick, RAT m ? lSaws, ? . ' W?l'
Framing Lumber, Fire Clay, | VI Pi if^l^l ft I Hatchets, f^HTlrc I llrC
Red Cedar Shingles, ? , ,? Sewer Pipe, *<*I * <UI*?,
Pine and Cypress Shingles, stove Flue, Boor Hangers,
Metal and Composition Shingles,Terra ^otta Thimbles Carpenter's Tools,
Boors, Sash and Blinds, Mortar Colors and Stains Paint Brushes,
Porch Columns and Ballasters, Water Proofing Mineral, Paints and Oils,
Beaver Board, v Corrugated Metal Roofing, Inside Decorations,
Valley Tin and Ridge Roll, Asbctos and Composition Roofing. Calsomines and Cold Water Palms,
. WIRE FENCING, IRON AND WOOB POSTS
EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE
Booth & McLeod, Inc.
SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA